Elicia Jane,

An excellent account of why the Democrats lost the presidency.

Candidates must be LIKABLE to be elected president. Although awful, Trump connected with the audience, and Harris did not (at least with one she needed to win over).

The original mistake was that the party establishment selected nominees instead of voters. Walter Mondale, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris were all picked this way and lost.

Best.